Edwin Martin Schaefer

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1943ID S000110

LegislationHEADLINE

80%with Dems

of 437 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

80%with Dems

of 437 · both combined

Steepest move

+21 pts

1939 → 1941

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19331939

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

100%with Democrats

of 20 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +21 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 5, 1941H.R. 6159No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 28, 1941H.R. 5990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 222), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

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Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1941S. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 5, 1941S. 1579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 4, 1941H.R. 5417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 15, 1941H.Res. 257No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 20 contested votes scored in the 77th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

5 Congresses

73rd · 193377th · 1941

Democrat · House · IL73rd–77th

Term datesexact

Edwin Martin Schaefer

Representative from Illinois

HOUSED1933–19435 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

80.3%with Democrats

of 437 votes · 19.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested80%of 437 · combined

Steepest move+21 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 20 votes100%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 20 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

73rd · 193377th · 1941

Democrat73rd–77th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th